Kirinyaga District (former)
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Kirinyaga District (former) was an administrative district in Kenya’s former Central Province, known for its fertile agricultural land on the slopes of Mount Kenya.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative district
ⓘ
former district of Kenya ⓘ |
| administrativeSuccessor | Kirinyaga County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Embu District (former)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mbeere District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Murang’a District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyeri District (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Kerugoya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kutus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | highland tropical climate ⓘ |
| contains | Mwea Irrigation Scheme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| dissolvedAsPartOf | Kenya’s 2010 constitution implementation ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 2010 ⓘ |
| elevationFeature | foothills of Mount Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kirinyaga District Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAgriculturalProduct |
coffee
ⓘ
horticultural crops ⓘ rice ⓘ tea ⓘ |
| hasTown |
Kagio
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kerugoya NERFINISHED ⓘ Kianyaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Kutus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwea NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coffee farming
ⓘ
fertile agricultural land ⓘ horticulture ⓘ rice cultivation in Mwea Irrigation Scheme ⓘ tea farming ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Gikuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Central Province (Kenya) (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnSlopeOf | Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kirinyaga (traditional Kikuyu name for Mount Kenya) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Province (Kenya) (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto | Kirinyaga County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdividedInto |
divisions
ⓘ
locations ⓘ sublocations ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
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